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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1888, 24 October 1913, Page 8

Germany is able to feed about ninefoil ths of her nearly 66,000,000 inhabitants on the products of her own soil. Twenty years ago, a largo steamer was wrecked off the coast of Dieppe. With considerable difficulty some of the passengers were rescued in a boat. A few Custom-house officers, who had courageously rushed to their assistance, began by asking thein "if they had anything to declare." "I was wending an—aw—account of a woman being gored to death by a beastly cow, doncher know," remarked young Dudleigh. "Weall.v, I can't imagine a more _ liowwible affair, can you, Miss Caustiftue?" "No,- Mr. Bndleigh," remarked Miss Caustique,' wiiK a mighty yawn; "unlets it is bsiiig bored to death by a calf." It is computed that in the two Balkan wars some 300,000 men perished and ,£270,000,000 was spent. Of the men. Turkey lost 110,000 and Bulgaria 120,000. The New Zealand Express Company's ATgyll motor lorry Ims now covered nearly 25,000 miles in two years' srovice without any breakdown. It lias inado frequent 1-ong journeys up country, eoinotimos of between 200 and 300 miles in tho round trip, carrying full loads nil the time, and crossing the Paekakiiriki and Rimutaka (addles. Argylls aro adopted by the principal municipalities and motor transport companies in New Zealand. For immediate delivery one 1-ton Argyll commercial vehicle. .1. E. Fitzgerald, Lambtsoa. Quay, North Island